Increase in Scam calls/messages and general malware propagation in Mauritius...
Hello everyone,
So I've been noticing that there has recently been an increase in scam calls, text messages and even emails in Mauritius.
Here are the ones I have got:
- Calls from people posing as MCB customer support (+41 country code)
- Calls from people claiming to be from Courts mammouth (MRU local number)
- Text message to pay traffic fines via sms (+61 country code)
I've also seen on Facebook that apparently some lawyer's whatsapp was compromised and it eventually led to several people collectively transferring around Rs 400k to some scammer.
I don't know if people have been able to join the dots yet but all of this is obviously happening thanks to Data leaks.
For those who don't know too much about this, data leaks are incidents where customer data, usually name, phone number, email and even adresses are stolen by bad actors who somehow gain access to the database of a body who stores this information (banks, big retail, etc..)
It's very unfortunate that these big corporations have all these resources to store all this data but they still can't put decent security on their database and all...
I just wanted to request everyone who's got decent knowledge about these things,
Please educate as many people as you can (especially elders) on the dangers of Data Leaks and please request them to think twice before getting involved in things that require you to enter your personal information online and even offline.
Thanks.